The Republic of Panamethea is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Daniel Feildings with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.525 billion Panametheans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Slagproletarian. The average income tax rate is 24.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Panamethean economy, worth 180 trillion Federal Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 118,039 Federal Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Exports are stamped with "made by the invisible hand you commies", the government is a clear-cut case of tyranny by majority, stylish juvenile delinquents are highly overrepresented in fatal motorcycle accidents, and arthritic surgeons with tremulous fingers reassure patients that they are in safe hands. Crime is totally unknown. Panamethea's national animal is the Harpy Eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Panamethea is ranked 35,335^th in the world and 396^th in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 81.19 on the Human Development Index.